挤眼
jǐ​yǎn

wink

挤 jǐ crowd Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 齐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擠.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

齐
齐 Sound component
qí even

Sources

Character origin
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眼 yǎn eye

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngonXŋˤə[n]ʔ protrude as a knob
ngeanX[ŋ]ˤ<r>ə[n]ʔ eye

說文解字

《說文》：“眼，目也。从目，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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Academia Sinica
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

擠 jǐ crowd Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

齊
齊 Sound component
qí even, uniform

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsliːl
ʔsliːls

說文解字

《說文》：“擠，排也。从手，齊聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)